This file15_ReadMe_2024_MIT_Libraries_Conservation_Pictograms_Covered_bookcase_and_caution_tape_from_active_leak.txt was generated on 2026-01-06 by Jana Dambrogio and Ariana Rutledge Begin.


GENERAL INFORMATION


1. Title of Dataset:
"15_Pictogram_Covered_bookcase_and_caution_tape_from_active_leak, Harvard Dataverse.


2. Caption: 
Pictogram: Cover books from an active leak and use caution tape.


3. Alt text:
Cover books from an active leak and use caution tape. A pictogram surrounded by a blue circle symbolizes actions to practice for handling collections: A bookshelf full of books next to a cart supporting a box of books, with small puddles over the floor. A pipe over the shelf and cart leaks water onto a protective covering over the shelf and cart. Caution tape cordons off the puddles and leaks. 


4. Author Information
  A. Principal Investigators Contact Information
        Name: Wunsch Conservation Laboratory Staff
        Department of Distinctive Collections  
        Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        Email: conservationlab@mit.edu        
        
5. Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date):
2020–2024.


6. Geographic location of data collection:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.


7. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data:
The Massachusetts Institute of Technologies Libraries.




SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION


1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data:
Copyright © 2021-01-28 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License except where otherwise noted.


2. Links to publications that cite or use the data:
N/A.


3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data:
N/A.


4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets:
N/A.


5. Was data derived from another source?
No.


6. Recommended citation for this dataset:
Dambrogio, Jana; Araya, Nicole, Chea, Caroline; Zhang, Cindy; Wunsch Conservation Lab Staff, "MIT Libraries' Conservation Pictograms: Covered bookcase and caution tape from active leak (2021)", https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/conservationpictograms, Harvard Dataverse.


DATA & FILE OVERVIEW


1. File/Dataset List:
* File. 15_Pictogram_protect_collections_active_water.PNG
* File. 15_Pictogram_Cover_books_from_active_leak_and_use_caution_tape_pdf_accessible.PDF
*File. (this document) 15_ReadMe_2024_MIT_Libraries_Conservation_Pictograms_Covered_bookcase_and_caution_tape_from_active_leak.txt


2. Relationship between files, if important:
Each pictogram can be found in a dataset that contains the following files:
* A PNG file 
* A TiFF file
* A JPG file
* and accessible PDF-accessible file contains a caption for the pictogram 
* A readme file (s).


3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package:
"MIT Libraries' Conservation Pictograms (2021) MP4" is a video, 1 minute and 52 seconds long. The video shows the first 13 pictograms. The video can be streamed at YouTube URL https://youtu.be/OSFVz2RsDjQ


4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset?
No.




METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION


1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data:
These pictograms were developed and designed as an accessible method to communicate safe, standardized practices for working with MIT Libraries collections. MIT Libraries’ Wunsch Conservation Lab presents a growing collection of freely available and downloadable pictograms (icons) that illustrate best practices when working with collections in cultural heritage institutions such as Libraries, Archives, and Museums. Each pictogram is available as PNGs and PDF-accessible files.


2. Methods for processing the data:
N/A.


3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data:
N/A.


4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate:
N/A.


5. Environmental/experimental conditions:
N/A.


6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data:
Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data:
* The team used Adobe Acrobat Accessibility and “Use guided actions” (formerly action wizard), tools to pass a series of tests to verify that the PDF documents pass as accessible PDFs 
* The team met with MITs Accessibility Office to review a selection of our files and check the accessibility of the documentation. 


7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission:
Illustrations created by Nicole Araya and Jana Dambrogio.
Video produced, directed, and vector drawings created by Nicole Araya, Jana Dambrogio, Wunsch Conservation Laboratory staff.
Videos edited by Jana Dambrogio and Nicole Araya.
ReadMe files edited by Jana Dambrogio and Caroline Chea.
Contributors include: Bergemann, Laura; Hardman, Emilie; Letizia, Ayako, Pellecchia, Jennifer, 2021; Westling, Emma, 2022; and Huber, Terra; Zhang, Cindy, 2023.


8. STYLE GUIDE – TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Vision-accessible color values
* EC008C – magenta
* 00AEEF – blue


9. Acknowledgments
Thank you to the Accessibility office at MIT, especially Kate Quinn, Mary Ziegler, and Rich Caloggero, Harvard Dataverse Staff.